Amahl Program

AMAHL

& THE NIGHT VISITORS MAGIK THEATRE DECEMBER 15 & 16 AT 7:30 PM ALAMO HEIGHTS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH DECEMBER 17 AT 4:00 PM

THANK YOU OSA is grateful for the support of these major sponsors for the 2023-2024 season Mr. Graham M. Weston Drs. James E. Griffin III and Margo Denke

Ms. Valerie Collins

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STAFF E. Loren Meeker Tobin Endowment General & Artistic Director

Francesco Milioto Music Director

Garnett Bruce Artistic Advisor

Madeline Elizondo Director of Education & Outreach

Jenna Jernigan Director of Engagement

Raquel Ponce Office Manager & Bookkeeper

OSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Matt West, Chair Eduardo Parra, Vice-Chair Mark Johnson, Treasurer Valerie Collins, Secretary William Wendell Hall Annie Labatt Dr. Sara McCamish James McCutcheon

Rubén Minutti-Zanatta Olga Moucoulis Eduardo Parra Diana Peña Chan Peterson Linda Poetschke Dr. Alan Siqueiros Dale Tremblay

Blair Labatt, Chair Emeritus

Mel Weingart, Founder

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AMAHL & THE NIGHT VISITORS

By Gian Carlo Menotti Magik Theatre: Friday, December 15, 2023 | 10:00 a.m.

Friday, December 15, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 16, 2023 | 7:30 p.m.

Alamo Heights United Methodist Church: Saturday, December 17, 2023 | 4:00 p.m.

Length of Performance: 45 minutes with no intermission Sung in English Premiere: December 24, 1951 Set and Props are newly produced by OPERA San Antonio. Some costume elements courtesy of Washington National Opera.

Conductor, Francesco Milioto Original Production & Staging, E. Loren Meeker

CAST Amahl

Graham Hansen (15th at 7:30, 17th) Carlos Pigeon (15th at 10a, 16th)

The Mother

Ann Toomey

King Kaspar

Nicholas Nestorak

King Melchior

Brandon Morales

King Balthazar

Federico De Michelis

The Page Chorus of Villagers

Jake Jacobsen Carlee Abschnieder Kellan Dunlap* Andrew Ward Margaret Wolfe

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*Former OSA Apprentice Artist

PRODUCTION Conductor Original Production & Staging Set Design Costume Design

Wig & Makeup Design Pianists Technical Director Stage Manager Wardrobe Supervisor Assistant Stage Manager Prop Master Wardrobe Assistant Photographer

Francesco Milioto E. Loren Meeker

Ryan McGettigan Lynly Saunders

Samantha Fulmer Wayne Ching, Dottie Randall Brandon Healy Kaylin Story Stacie Healy Lucy Guillemette Alfredo Valdez Floyd Williams Kody Melton

SPECIAL THANKS The Alamo Heights United Methodist Church Staff AnArte Gallery & Studio The Carver Community Cultural Center Staff Chris Bacon, Vinson & Elkins LLP Classical Music Institute The Edgewood Fine Arts Academy Staff FASTSIGNS Northeast, FASTSIGNS Downtown Lynda Bailey Labatt Food Service Labatt Food Service Media and IT teams

Gary Mabry The Magik Theatre Staff Maverick Carter House, Carriage House Joan Miller Opera Guild of San Antonio Nathan Rader Radius Center Gallery Mario Rodriguez Thomas Skrobanek The Tobin Center Staff VIA Laurel Watts

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SYNOPSIS Amahl, a disabled boy who can walk only with a crutch, loves to tell tall tales. He is sitting outside playing his shepherd's pipe when his mother calls for him. After much persuasion, he enters the house but his mother does not believe him when he tells her there is an amazing star "as big as a window" outside over their roof.

Later that night, Amahl's mother weeps, praying that Amahl does not become a beggar. After bedtime, there is a knock at the door and the mother tells Amahl to go see who it is. He is amazed when he sees three splendidly dressed Kings. At first, the mother does not believe Amahl, but when she goes to the door to see for herself, she is stunned. The Three Kings tell the mother and Amahl they are on a long journey to give gifts to a wondrous Holy Child and they need a place to rest for the night, to which the mother agrees, saying that all she can offer is "a cold fireplace and a bed of straw". The mother goes to fetch firewood, and Amahl seizes the opportunity to speak with the Kings. King Balthazar answers Amahl's questions about his life and asks what Amahl does. Amahl responds that he was once a shepherd, but his mother had to sell his sheep. Now, he and his mother will have to become beggars. Amahl then talks with King Kaspar, who is childlike, eccentric, and a bit deaf. Kaspar shows Amahl his box of magic stones, beads, and licorice, and offers Amahl some of the candy before the mother returns. Amahl is told to go fetch the neighbors so the Kings may be fed and entertained properly.

After the neighbors have left and the Kings are resting, in a moment of desperation, the mother attempts to steal some of the Kings' gold. She is thwarted by the Kings’ Page. When Amahl wakes to find the Page grabbing his mother, he attacks him.

Seeing Amahl's defense of his mother and understanding the motives for the attempted theft, King Melchior says she may keep the gold as the Holy Child will not need earthly power or wealth to build his kingdom. The mother says she has waited all her life for such a King and asks the Kings to take back the gold. She wishes to send a gift but has nothing to send. Amahl offers to give the the Holy Child his crutch. When he presents the crutch to the Kings, his leg is miraculously healed. With permission from his mother, he leaves with the Kings to see the Holy Child and to give his thanks for being healed.

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Hansel and Gretel - New Orleans Opera Photo credit: Jeff Strout

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES GRAHAM HANSEN Amahl (December 15th at 7:30p, December 17th) OSA Debut. Recent Credits: Buddy, Elf the Musical, Jr., Second Act Productions; Michael, Mary Poppins, Jr., Impact Youth Theatre; Jack, Into the Woods, Jr., Second Act Productions.

Upcoming Credits: Carlos, Disney’s Descendants: The Musical, Wonder Theatre; Rueben, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Second Act Productions.

CARLOS PIGEON Amahl (December 15th at 10a, December 16th) OSA Debut. Recent Credits: Joseph, The Lost Boy, First Baptist Church Children’s Choir; Joseph, Children’s Version of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, First Baptist Church Children’s Choir. Upcoming Credits: Studying violin and guitar; Youth Orchestras of San Antonio.

ANN TOOMEY The Mother OSA Debut. Recent Credits: Meg Page, Sir John in Love, Bard SummerScape; Title Role, Tosca, Sarasota Opera; Witch, Into the Woods, Tulsa Opera. Upcoming Credits: Woglinde, Das Rheingold, Los Angeles Philharmonic; First Lady, Die Zauberflöte, Glyndebourne Festival; Micaëla, Carmen, Glyndebourne Festival.

NICHOLAS NESTORAK King Kaspar OSA Debut: Beppe, Pagliacci, 2022. Recent Credits: Prunier, La Rondine, Opera on the James; Pedrillo, Abduction from the Seraglio, Opera Grand Rapids; Almaviva, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, The Princeton Festival. Upcoming Credits: Pang (cover), Turandot, The Metropolitan Opera.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES BRANDON MORALES King Melchior OSA Debut. Recent Credits: Count Carl-Magnus, A Little Night Music, Arizona Opera; Don Pizarro, Fidelio, Queen City Opera; Peter Quince, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Virginia Opera. Upcoming Credits: Police Sergeant, The Pirates of Penzance, OPERA San Antonio; Bass Soloist, Handel’s Messiah, Louisville Symphony.

FEDERICO DE MICHELIS King Balthazar OSA Debut: Frère Laurent, Romeo and Juliet, 2023. Recent Credits: Laurentino, El Milagro del Recuerdo, San Diego Opera; Elmiro, Otello, Central City Opera; Argentina, Mi País (concert), New York Festival of Song. Upcoming Credits: Gabriela Lena Frank, Song cycle world premiere, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.

JAKE JACOBSON The Page OSA Debut: Chorus, La traviata, 2018. Recent Credits: Chorus, Romeo and Juliet, OPERA San Antonio; Soloist/Chorus, Sweeney Todd, Austin Opera; Ahrimanes/Chorus, The Sorcerer, Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Austin. Upcoming Credits: Chorus/Samuel Cover, The Pirates of Penzance, OPERA San Antonio; To Be Announced Role, Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera, One Ounce Opera.

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES FRANCESCO MILIOTO Music Director & Conductor

OSA Debut: Conductor, La traviata, 2018. Recent Credits: Conductor, Hansel and Gretel, OPERA San Antonio; Music Director/Conductor, The Barber of Seville, The Florentine Opera; Conductor, Romeo and Juliet, OPERA San Antonio. Upcoming Credits: Conductor, Aida, Lyric Opera of Chicago; Music Director/Conductor, La bohème, The Florentine Opera; Conductor, Rene Barbera Concert, Classical Music Institute.

E. LOREN MEEKER Tobin Endowment General & Artistic Director, Stage Director OSA Debut: The Barber of Seville, 2017. Recent Credits: Stage Director, La bohème, The Glimmerglass Festival; Stage Director, Romeo and Juliet, OPERA San Antonio; Stage Director, Hansel and Gretel, New Orleans Opera; Stage Director, Rigoletto, OPERA San Antonio; Stage Director, The Marriage of Figaro, Austin Opera.

RYAN MCGETTIGAN Set Design OSA Debut: Environment Designer, Maria de Buenos Aires, 2023.

Recent Credits: Scenic Designer, 39 Steps, 100A Productions; Scenic Designer, The Cunning Little Vixen, The Glimmerglass Festival; Scenic Designer, Rent, Theatre Under the Stars. Upcoming Credits: Scenic Designer, Red Landscape: Georgia O’Keefe, Open Dance Project; Scenic Designer, Amadigi di Gaula, Ars Lyrica; Scenic Designer, Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness, The Collective.

LYNLY A. SAUNDERS

Costume Design

OSA Debut. Recent Credits: Costume Designer, Idomeneo, Aspen Music Festival and School; Costume Designer, Faust, Wolf Trap Opera; Costume Designer, Così fan tutte, Washington National Opera. Upcoming Credits: Costume Designer, Shutter Sisters, 1st Stage; Costume Designer, The Barber of Seville, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

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CMI ORCHESTRA

* Denotes Principal ** Denotes Concertmaster *** Denotes Associate Concertmaster

Francesco Milioto, Conductor

VIOLIN I

Leonardo Pineda, CMI Resident Conductor

Henry Wang**

CELLO

HORN

Marybeth Brown*

Nelson Yovera*

Sami Merdinian***

Juan David Mejia

Luis Cuevas

DOUBLE BASS

Brendan Speltz Gregory Mata

Yung-Hsuan Lo

VIOLIN II Katie Hyun*

Imanuel Sandoval

TRUMPET Ismael Cañizares*

Luis Primera*

TIMPANI

FLUTE/PICCOLO

Petra Elek*

Katherine Rivas*

PERCUSSION

OBOE/ENGLISH HORN

Dan Hartung*

Brenda Rengel

Lucian Avalon*

Ronald Villabona

Rafael Monge

VIOLA

CLARINET/BASS CLARINET

Edwin Kaplan*

Carmen Borregales*

PIANO

BASSOON

Wayne Ching*

Valeria Serrano

Alexandra Simpson

HARP Julie Woolfolk*

Corbin Krebs*

CMI STAFF Paul Montalvo President & CEO Eliezer Anteliz Programs Coordinator Dr. Christopher Besch Artist & Fellowship Manager Dr. Wayne Ching Artist & Fellowship Manager

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Daniela Diaz VP of Artistic & Education Programs Francisco Fullana Chamber Music Director & Artistic Advisor Kara Geren Development Manager Yung-Hsuan (Sandy) Lo Artist Faculty, Violin

Leonardo Pineda Resident Conductor Raquel Ponce Office Manager & Bookkeeper Astrid Rosales Orchestra Manager & Media Coordinator Mariana Vela Media & Marketing Manager Ronald Villabona Artist and Media Editor

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2023-2024 SEASON DONORS The Board of Directors, artists, and staff of OPERA San Antonio gratefully acknowledge the generous support of our donors.

(Donations from September 1, 2022 - December 15, 2023)

* Indicates Monthly Donor

OPERA ANGEL $100,000 +

City of San Antonio Bexar County Commissioners Court Kronkosky Charitable Foundation Labatt Food Service The Tobin Endowment Mr. Graham M. Weston

UNDERWRITER

SPONSOR

$50,000 - $99,999

$25,000 - $49,999

H-E-B Helping Here Drs. James E. Griffin III and Margo Denke Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts This performance is made possible in part by a generous grant from the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts.

Bank of Texas The Ewing Halsell Foundation The Labatt Foundation The Martha-Ellen Tye Foundation

Semmes Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation

GRAND PATRON $10,000 - $24,999

Ms. Valerie Collins Comprehensive Home Health & Hospice Laura and Sam Dawson Elizabeth Huth Coates Foundation of 1992 FASTSIGNS Northeast, FASTSIGNS Downtown Frost Bank Charitable Foundation C.H. Guenther & Son LLC Impact San Antonio Impact San Antonio is a women’s collective giving, grant-making nonprofit organization serving the greater San Antonio area.

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Juris Medicus Greg & Bekki Kowalski Luther King Capital Management National Endowment for the Arts This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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The Meeker Family

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In honor of Blair Labatt

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2023-2024 SEASON DONORS CONTINUED BENEFACTOR (CONT.) $1,000 - $2,499

The Original Mexican Restaurant & Bar Eric and Elizabeth Reblin Polly and George Spencer In honor of Blair and Barbara Labatt

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The Williamson Foundation Craig and Nancy Witten

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Gary Malanchuk Kathleen and David Meriwether Francesco Milioto Lillian P. Morris Keith and Pat Vigeon Orme Charitable Foundation Edward and Linda Poetschke *Kevin and Laura Salfen Toby and John Tate Alice Witterman

In honor of Madeline Elizondo

Dan and Marcia Goodgame In honor of Blair and Barbara Labatt

Drs. Jayne & David Gordon James W. Kirkpatrick

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FRIEND

$100 - $249

Mr. and Mrs. Alex Aguirre Harry Akin Marie Barrett Argie S. Bonduris Matthew Charles Brockway

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Katherine P. Brooks Richard Butler Dr. Candice Castro and Mr. Thomas Grippo Dr. & Mrs. William J. Chiego

FRIEND

$100 - $249

Maura Conron Adriana Danysh The Elizondo Family Mr. & Mrs. Farouk Ferchichi *Gary Finger Emil Friesenhahn *Harald Goring John Greiner Judy Haddox

Anna Lopez In memory of Estella Guevara

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UPCOMING THIS SEASON

Music by: Arthur Sullivan Libretto by: W.S. Gilbert Running Time: 2 hours and 25 minutes with one intermission

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